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Cypraeovula

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraeovula was named by Gray (1824). It is extant. It is the type genus of Cypraeovulinae.

It was reranked as Cypraea (Cyprovula) by de Gregorio (1880); it was reranked as Cypraea (Cypraeovula) by Hoernes and Auinger (1880).

It was assigned to Cypraea by de Gregorio (1880) and Hoernes and Auinger (1880); and to Cypraeovulinae by Schilder (1927) and Meyer (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Cypraeovula Gray
1880Cypraea (Cypraeovula) Hoernes and Auinger
1880Cypraea (Cyprovula) de Gregorio
1927Cypraeovula Schilder
2004Cypraeovula Meyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCypraeovulinaeSchilder 1927
genusCypraeovulaGray 1824

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Cypraeovula Gray 1824
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Diagnosis
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